atmasphere
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| What is Warmth? Suteetat and Raul are both correct. Instruments and halls can have warmth of their own. This is natural.HiFi systems can have warmth too. This is not natural- it is a coloration caused not so much by frequency response errors (as is the common myt... | |
| Audible Illusions M3A preamp--best matching amp Any tube amp and most transistor amps will work fine with the M3A. | |
| Great lost lps...the 80s....synth pop and others.. the first Orb LP is dated 1989...I was a big fan of the 4AD label, with recording done by John Fryer- That West India Company "Ave Maria" was really cool.Back in those days I really went for the 12" singles. Talk Talk was usually a lot more intere... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Unsound, what was the rest of that system like? | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Unsound- certainly! On some level I agree with you, I just want to know at what point does pursuing this one consideration of the many, lose sight of the total goal.That is a matter left to the speaker designers! I can say though that they have be... | |
| What do you look for in damping factor? Unsound, for that you would have to hear them. I know one person that used such speakers to replace a set of Carver Silver Amazing loudspeakers- he likes Duke's speakers better because they are smaller, are easier to drive, sound better overall an... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? I like most others here, don't have access to such equipment. If this data is so readily available, why isn't it routinely being published?I might not completely understand what your suggesting, with re: to speakers and square waves, but to my kno... | |
| SS amps with little or NO feedback Kijanki, I'm a fan of the CMRR too. Makes life a lot easier :) | |
| What do you look for in damping factor? Unsound, what Duke was alluding to is that speakers can be designed using either the Voltage Paradigm or the Power Paradigm. In the case of one of the speakers he mentioned, he set the port resonance *below* the cutoff of the speaker. Now with a V... | |
| Tube amps known to have a low damping factor? In tube amps the loop negative feedback is a big factor in the resulting damping factor. For example an OTL can be built with a damping factor of 50:1 if you have enough feedback. IMO such a large amount of feedback does nothing to improve the res... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Unsound, you've asked a lot of questions and it may take a bit to answer them all. I think first it needs to be understood that human hearing/perceptual rules are understood much better today than they were 20, 30 and 40 years ago. I may have sugg... | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? Y'know, you probably *could* do it that way... lol :) | |
| Is the most efficient speaker the best speaker? The best is whatever you prefer. There is no intellectual way to establish actual factual superiority without measurements and these forums generally decline that pathway when it is presented. This is an emotional experience that cannot be assesse... | |
| Oh how I wish Class D amps ... Mike, If you have a large room that may be true. But if your room is average size (17' x 25' or thereabouts) then I would not be so certain. FWIW, the live transmissions over FM have to be compressed to fit the dynamic range of the medium. I share... | |
| Is preamp remote volume a deal breaker for you? Dracule1, we investigated relay-operated volume controls and spent a lot of money in the process. They are quite good but a good quality rotary switch sounds better...Al, one *would* think that the shorter the cable the better, but even in the cas... |